Don't worry about the missing lib error - this will happen on a number of OS - (I get it on Linux here).

Personally I think that would do something like this - but I can't test it right now:

--- UUID.h      2003-08-27 20:38:35.000000000 +0100
+++ UUID.h.new  2005-08-09 21:57:39.000000000 +0100
@@ -1,10 +1,15 @@
 #if !defined __UUID_H__
 #    define  __UUID_H__
  
+#if defined __CYGWIN__ || __MINGW32__ || WIN32
+# define USE_WIN32
+#endif
 #include <string.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
-#include <unistd.h>
+#ifndef WIN32
+# include <unistd.h>
+#endif
 #include <time.h>
 #include "md5.h"
  
--- UUID.xs     2003-08-27 20:38:35.000000000 +0100
+++ UUID.xs.new 2005-08-09 21:58:27.000000000 +0100
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@
 }
  
 static void get_system_time(uuid_time_t *uuid_time) {
-#if defined __CYGWIN__ || __MINGW32__
+#if defined USE_WIN32
    /* ULARGE_INTEGER time; */
    LARGE_INTEGER time;
  
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@
  
 static void get_random_info(unsigned char seed[16]) {
    MD5_CTX c;
-#if defined __CYGWIN__ || __MINGW32__
+#if defined USE_WIN32
    typedef struct {
       MEMORYSTATUS  m;
       SYSTEM_INFO   s;
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@
  
    MD5Init(&c);
  
-#if defined __CYGWIN__ || __MINGW32__
+#if defined USE_WIN32
    GlobalMemoryStatus(&r.m);
    GetSystemInfo(&r.s);
    GetSystemTimeAsFileTime(&r.t);
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